[group-organizers] python office hours and study groups

[sheila miguez]

editing subject line from the Mass Add thread.

How long does the study group session last?

Do you think a short presentation of a concept followed by a regular office
hours/project night where people can voluntarily join anyone who wants to
discuss the topic more would work in an office hours setting? Or should an
entire session be devoted to the concept?

I find people who show up without a lot of background in software
engineering and/or computer science who want to know more about these
things. I'm wondering if opening up a project night or office hours with a
quick introduction to a data structure, algorithm, or engineering concept
might be helpful and motivating for those people.

cheers

On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Maria McKinley <mariak at mariakathryn.net>
wrote:

> Hi Trey,
>
> I am using a book, but just for myself really. I announce the pattern when
> I announce the meeting. I read over the chapter, look at the wikipedia
> page, and come up with some sort of intro. After my intro, we talk about
> the pattern and about questions we have, and then we generally go over the
> code example(s) on the wikipedia page, and try to understand what the code
> does and why the pattern would be useful. We then try to come up with how
> we have or could use this pattern in our own coding.
>
> cheers,
> Maria
>
[trimmed introductions]



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